Jaguars' Liam Coen texted Baker Mayfield he was staying with Bucs before taking head coaching job: report

Liam Coen texted Baker Mayfield that helium was staying with the Buccaneers arsenic violative coordinator connected Tuesday, according to ESPN.

On Friday, the Jacksonville Jaguars officially announced Coen arsenic their caller caput coach, which came aft a roller coaster of a week. 

Coen besides texted caput manager Todd Bowles and wide manager Jason Licht connected Tuesday that helium would beryllium staying with the Bucs, according to the report.

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After texting the Bucs' brass, Coen past withdrew himself from information from the Jaguars caput coaching occupation connected Wednesday.

The Buccaneers were prepared to marque Coen the highest-paid violative coordinator successful the NFL.

However, the Jaguars past parted ways with their wide manager, Trent Baalke, connected Wednesday afternoon. Jaguars proprietor Shad Khan past straight reached retired to Coen to spot whether helium would reconsider taking the caput coaching job.

On Thursday, Coen was successful Jacksonville for an in-person interrogation and was yet hired.

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While Coen was successful Jacksonville interviewing, the Bucs were waiting for him to travel into the gathering and motion his caller declaration to enactment with the team. 

But the Bucs couldn’t get successful interaction with Coen oregon his agent, and they began to recognize that helium was unreachable due to the fact that helium was successful Jacksonville interviewing for the job, the study said. 

The Jaguars anticipation that Coen tin assistance Trevor Lawrence person a vocation twelvemonth successful the aforesaid mode helium did for Mayfield past season. 

The Bucs averaged 29.5 points per crippled successful the regular season, and Mayfield threw a career-high 41 touchdowns en way to winning the NFC South.

The Jaguars went 4-13 past season, with Lawrence missing clip owed to injury, starring Khan to occurrence caput manager Doug Pederson and yet Baalke aft the season.

Coen volition person the No. 5 wide prime successful the upcoming NFL Draft to effort and statesman the Jaguars' turnaround. 

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